Author: Sheila Kennedy

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August 14 2025

Kennedy Commentary: America’s Real Exceptionalism

This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy August 13, 2025 As I recall, it was John Edwards who ran for President proclaiming that there were “two Americas.” He was addressing economic “...”

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August 11 2025

Kennedy Commentary: The Embarrassingly Ignorant Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith

This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy August 11, 2025 I’m not sure Micah Beckwith knows what “due process” means. In fact, I’m pretty sure he doesn’t. Indiana media has repor “...”

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August 06 2025

Kennedy Commentary: Why Texas Gerrymandering Matters

This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy August 3, 2025 Okay–better late than never… Media has reported on the effort being mounted in Texas to re-gerrymander that state’s already-e “...”

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July 28 2025

Kennedy Commentary: The importance of framing

This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy July 28, 2025 The most important thing I learned in law school can be summed up with the adage “he who frames the issue wins the debate.” The “...”

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July 17 2025

Kennedy Commentary: Media Fragmentation And Minority Voters

This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy July 16, 2025 I know I keep harping on the subject of our media environment, but as more research becomes available, I become more and more convin “...”

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June 18 2025

Kennedy Commentary: Journalism in the Age of Trump

This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy June 18, 2025 History confirms the existence of what we might call “fringe folks” in every society–people who, for whatever reason, have em “...”

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June 10 2025

Kennedy Commentary: The Stakes

This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy June 10, 2025 Remember that old song lyric, “What’s It all about, Alfie?” Those of us who are appalled and confused by the administration†“...”

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June 06 2025

Kennedy Commentary: The Appalling Pastor Beckwith

This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy June 6, 2025 If I were a Christian–a real one–I would cringe every time our Christian Nationalist Lieutenant Governor claimed that affiliation “...”

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June 04 2025

Kennedy Commentary: Making Voting Hard

This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy June 4, 2025 A fear often expressed by members of the Resistance is the possibility that Trump will declare a “national emergency” of some sor “...”

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May 26 2025

Kennedy Commentary: The Real Christians

This column was originally published by Sheila Kennedy on her blog, “A Jaundiced Look at the World We Live In.” By Sheila Kennedy May 26, 2025 I grew up in Anderson, Indiana, in one of a handful of Jewish families then living in that small town. Anti-Semitic incidents were no “...”